Not proofread further than Grammarly because I am sick and need to sleep lol. Thought you might want the chapter tonight though, so here you go. (Sorry for any mistakes) Hope you enjoy. :) (Also hope you are prepared for angst)

Regina seethed as she pushed her way through the foliage, moving further away from the farmhouse and into the woodland area that was located behind it, Robin tried to follow her but seemed to have given up. That might have had something to do with him running straight past her as she ducked behind a tree, hiding from him, she didn't even want to look at him never mind talk to him.

Her sadness had turned to anger the longer she was alone, it had bubbled and raged inside her, how dare he use her like he had done, was it really all a game to him? Was that all her feelings were worth? A stupid bet was enough to make him trick her into thinking he cared for her when in actual fact he was only after one thing. How was she supposed to believe a single thing that he had told her over their time together? Was any of it even true?

She fumed, continuing to walk, moving deeper into the woods, not even thinking about where she was going, or how to get back for that matter. All she knew was that she couldn't be anywhere near Robin, she might do him bodily harm if she was, she just wanted to scream and hit things, but she knew she needed to try and keep her temper in check, at least for now anyway. Stopping in a glade, she sat down on the grass below a sturdy tree and closed her eyes.

Although it was midday, she could feel the damp morning dew that hadn't yet been reached by the sun begin to seep through her riding pants, she didn't care all that much about it, there were much worse things on her mind. Her fingers began to run through the long strands of grass that sprang up from the ground, it was over gown and nearly meeting her knees as she sat with her legs pressed against her chest and her head cushioned on her knees.

She just listened to the nature around her as the birds called to one another and the crickets chirped, it made her feel calm and she was glad for their presence, she rather needed it right now, it wasn't as though she was at home and could just run away from the situation, she had no option but to stay there, unless she told Dr Hopper that they had been sharing a room, that would get them both sent home, it would also get them into a whole world of trouble and she had a feeling that if her mother knew how foolish she had been, she wouldn't ever be allowed out of the house again.

Regina sighed and opened her eyes, looking at the red spotted toadstools that littered the glade, scattered about with bluebells and other tiny woodland flowers, it was peaceful sitting here, but her mind was still reeling, a million thoughts swarming around in her head, some she couldn't understand and others she didn't want to. Was it all her fault? Had she been the one so gullible as to believe him too quickly? The thing was though she had no reason to doubt him, everything about him seemed genuine and he hadn't even snapped at her once before that morning.

She closed her eyes again and rested her head against the trunk of the tree behind her, her legs tucked up against her chest. She felt confused, but more than anything she felt as though she had been used, he'd used her for her body before simply dropping her as soon as he'd gotten what he wanted. She was just glad she hadn't given herself to him fully, what they had done didn't really count did it? She was still a virgin, wasn't she?

A tear rolled down her cheek and she batted it away, she couldn't believe this was happening.

Hours later Regina stood from the grass, she felt slightly numb and had only just realised how cold and dark it was. She was soaked, the morning dew had turned to evening dew and falling asleep hadn't been on her agenda. Her bones ached and she needed to move, she had no idea where she was going or how she was supposed to get out of the woodland. "Shit," she groaned rubbing her hands over her back as she looked around, then she remembered why she was there and the anger began to rise to the surface.

She turned on her heels and shifted through the trees, hoping to find the edge of the forest, if she could do that she might be able to find her way back to the farmhouse. She needed to confront Robin, needed to know the truth about what was going on, she didn't want to be messed about and she wasn't going to be the sort of girl who stood for it.

It took her twenty minutes to reach the treeline and the house came into view, feeling a sudden urge to yell at someone she took off in a hurried jog, opening the front door and bumping straight into Granny, "Regina Mills?"

"Yes," she stopped, looking up at her with wide eyes.

"Goodness me girl, people have been searching for you all evening," she tutted.

"Oh, sorry," she whispered, "I just lost track of time, sorry."

"Well, try explaining that to your teacher young lady," the elderly lady sighed as she ushered her into the dining room where the red-headed teacher was pacing the floor, "I found the missing student Dr Hopper."

He stopped and turned to look at them, "Regina!"

She took a step backwards and shook her head, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be late, I just managed to fall asleep that's all, I don't think I was as well as I thought," she excused, thinking that the fake illness she'd been pretending to have might have been a good excuse for her absence.

"Well I hardly think sleeping outside is the correct cure for a cold, do you?"

"No sir," she looked at the ground, "I…"

"Go to your room Regina," he huffed as he walked out of the room. Regina nodded and rushed up the stairs, stopping still in front of the door, she didn't want to go in, what if Robin was in there? She didn't know if she could face him without snapping and ripping his hair out. Taking a deep breath, she tried to compose herself, trying to plan what she was going to say to him when she saw him.

Shaking her head, she pushed the door handle down and opened the door, walking into the room and spotting Robin sat in the armchair. Upon her entrance his head shot up, he stared at her before standing up, "where the hell have you been?!" he snapped, taking her rather by surprise as she narrowed her eyes at him in response.

"Why the fuck would you care?" she growled as she tried to walk to the bathroom, but he moved in front of her, blocking her path, "let me past," she hissed, not meeting his eyes as she stared straight past him.

"Not until you tell me what the fuck is going on Regina, I think you owe me an explanation."

"I owe you an explanation?" she laughed humourlessly as she threw her arms in the air, "I think you might have got mixed up a little there because you Robin Locksley are the one who owes me an explanation! In fact, you know what, I don't want to hear your pathetic excuses." Regina tried to push past him again but this time he grasped her shoulders, forcing her to look at him. "Get your hands off me! I told you I don't ever want you to touch me again!"

"Regina! Tell me what I've done wrong! I really don't know what it was!" He did let go of her, simply opting for running his hands through his hair in frustration.

"I am just so stupid," she breathed, perching on the end of the bed as she looked up at him, "you're really telling me you don't know what you've done wrong? Is that what you're saying?"

"Yes! If it's what I did this morning when you tried to surprise me, I'm sorry but you hardly gave me chance to…"

"Fucking hell, you're still doing it aren't you, you're still playing me! I know Robin! I know what you're doing, so you can quit the pretence already!"

"God! I have no clue what you're talking about!" he yelled.

"You and your stupid games! Plotting with your friends and telling them about us, private things about us! Making them think I'm…"

"Regina…"

"You know what," she moved back on the bed and looked at him, "here," she began unbuttoning her pants, "if you want to win your fucking bet so much, here you go."

He looked at her in complete shock, his eyes wide and mouth hanging open, "what bet?! What are you on about?!"

"Just fuck me, Robin, you'll get your money then won't you and you'll be able to tell your friends that you managed to. I know this was all you wanted me for," she was just tugging her jeans down when she felt his hands find hers and stop her, "I thought this was what you wanted. How much do you get if you win the bet? Huh?"

"There is no bet! I don't know why you have it in your head that there is."

Regina stopped for a moment, contemplating what he was saying to her, he looked sincere, but why would his friends lie, why would they make up something that wasn't true, it sounded like it was, there was no way Robin was accidentally put in the same room as her and what other reason would he have for swapping with someone if not to win a silly bet between him and his friends. "I don't believe you, I don't think I believe anything you say."

He glared at her and moved away from the bed, "I don't understand what's going on right now."

She swallowed heavily and stood from the bed, doing up the button on her pants, she had no idea where that reaction had come from, she most certainly hadn't wanted him to have sex with her, but she was just so angry at him, she just wanted to be done with him, wanted it to be over. "Tell me one thing," she whispered, "was it really an accident that you got put in this room with me?"

Robin closed his eyes as he sighed and ran a hand over his face, "no."

"Then I guess that's all I need to know, you set this up and made me look like a complete fool. I actually thought that you cared about me, but clearly, I was a stupid idiot wasn't I. All you care about is your cock and impressing your friends, you're such a bastard," she spat, heading for the door.

"Regina, let me explain! We need to talk about…"

She slammed the door in his face, she didn't want to hear his excuses, didn't want to know what he had to say, she just wanted to get as far away as she possibly could. Heading out of the farmhouse she hurried towards the stables, maybe that might work to calm her down, she looked to the dapple mare and ran her fingers over the mane, "hey girl," she whispered, "bet you aren't as stupid as I am."

"Why are you stupid?" a voice asked from the next stall, making her jump as she turned to see Daniel stood there grooming the black stallion.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were there," she sighed as she watched him move out of the pen and flip two buckets, perching on one and gesturing for her to sit on the other, she nodded and did so.

"So, want to tell me why you're thinking you're stupid?" He questioned, handing her an apple from his pocket.

It was green, she didn't usually eat green apples, but she took it from him anyway and rubbed it against her leg, shining it in the process. She hadn't realised until that moment that she hadn't eaten since breakfast and it was verging on nine in the evening, "I just thought he liked me, that's all… but he was using me the entire time. I overheard some of his friends saying that he had a bet with them that he could sleep with me by the end of the trip."

"What did he say about it?" Daniel asked with furrowed eyebrows as he took a generous bite out of his own apple, watching her intently as he ate.

"He said he didn't know anything about a bet."

"And you don't believe him?"

"I don't know what to think, I know that he… set something up," she didn't want to tell Daniel about the whole room thing, she didn't want it getting around, even though she doubted he would tell anyone, she couldn't risk it getting back to Granny or Dr Hopper, she didn't think she could take any more humiliation and that would be what she would get if anyone found out about it.

"And this something that he set up, was it bad?"

"I wouldn't say it was bad, but the intention behind it could have been, if his friends are right in what they were saying, then he was just using me and making a fool out of me."

"Did he make you do something because if he did I will find him and…"

"No, he didn't make me do anything," she hurried with a shake of the head, Robin hadn't forced her into anything, he'd been very patient and understanding with her, stopping whenever she told him to and listening to her needs. She'd felt so safe in his arms and she couldn't believe that was gone, that she wouldn't feel that way again.

"So, the friends could be lying then?"

"It's possible I suppose," she muttered, finding a stick and pushing the hay around with it.

"Okay, stop sulking, how about, we go for a drive?"

She looked up and narrowed her eyes, it wasn't as though she knew Daniel all that well, sure she'd talked to him a couple of times, but to go out for a drive with him alone was something she didn't know if she felt comfortable with. He could be a murderer for all she knew, she might get in that car and never return, "I don't think so."

"I'm a good driver, I swear," he chuckled, "we can go into town, grab some burgers."

Her stomach rumbled at the idea, he really didn't look like a murderer and he had been really nice since she'd met him. It might work to take her mind of Robin for a while, "okay, but we can't be gone long."

"Cool," he grinned offering her a hand as he helped her up from the bucket she was sat on, "my car is in the driveway," he stated, taking his keys out from his pocket as they approached it, the car wasn't anything special, it was a simple model that was probably sufficient for what he needed it for. He held the passenger door open for her and she climbed in, looking up at the window to her room as she did, she spotted Robin in the window and her chest clenched painfully. When he spotted her he hastily disappeared and Daniel shut the door behind her.

He climbed into the driver's side and flicked on the radio before turning on the ignition and setting off down the driveway, they just began to drive away when Regina noticed Robin in the doorway running after the car, stopping when he realised there was no chance of catching them, he kicked the dirt and buried his head in his hands. She was so confused.

They sat in the restaurant, Regina was just picking at her French fries, she didn't know what to think and now she wasn't even able to talk to Robin, maybe she shouldn't have reacted the way she did earlier, because clearly, he had wanted to talk it over with her, she had a feeling that she had made a horrible mistake thinking that Robin was betraying her. He had changed rooms though, that was nagging at her, why would he change rooms? If his friends were right about that, why would they be lying about the bet?

"Do you want to talk about it, or should I be trying to distract you?" Daniel chuckled, stealing her away from her thoughts as she turned to look at him, he was about three years older than her, but he was clearly wanting to comfort her, whether he had an ulterior motive she didn't know, but she would appreciate having her mind taken away from Robin and what he had supposedly done.

"Distract me," she smiled, taking a sip of the glass of wine Daniel had bought her, she wasn't old enough to drink and he knew that, but he said she looked like she needed it and she had done.

"Okay, so I'm entered into a jump competition next week," he grinned as he took a bite out of his burger.

"Ooh, are you prepared? Which horse are you taking?" horses were a good topic for her and would definitely be a distraction.

"Jet, he's a good jumper."

"Yeah, he seems to be," she nodded, "I have a competition in a couple of weeks, but I'm missing my boy right now," she sighed, thinking about Rocinante was making her miss home and her pet, she was just wanting to get home and forget about everything that'd happened on this trip.

"Do you have a picture of him?"

"Yes," she took her phone from her pocket and clicked on the photos, as soon as she had she saw photos of her and Robin, he'd stolen her phone one morning and they had taken stupid selfies together, there were also some from their night at the carnival, she had been so happy with him and just looking at the photos made her heartache. Shaking her head, she moved past them and landed on a picture of Rocinante, "there he is," she murmured.

"Oh, he's beautiful."

"I know," she grinned, Daniel had shuffled closer to her in order to look at the picture on her phone, she could feel him next to her, but unlike when she was with Robin she didn't feel anything, "I think he's in his prime shape to win," she stated with pride.

"And you are too right?"

"Of course, I have been jumping since I was five."

"Five!"

"Yes," she laughed, "and I've been competing since I was six."

"Jeez!"

"I know!"

A couple of hours later she's managed to get her mind of Robin, for the most part that was, she would still think of him every now and then. She'd enjoyed the time she spent with Daniel, but she had wished that it would have been Robin instead, she was still in love with him, even if she'd tried to convince herself that she hated him.

They pulled into the drive, Daniel having to unlock the electric gate for them to enter. She felt nerves bubble up inside her to the point where she almost felt nauseous, she was going to have to face Robin again, go back to the room she shared with him and that seemed as though it was going to be the hardest thing in the world, she didn't even know if she was strong enough to do that.

Regina hadn't even realised the car had stopped till Daniel not so discreetly cleared his throat, she turned to look at him, a brief smile playing on her features, "I had a nice time tonight, thank you," she nodded.

"You're very welcome," he grinned as he moved out of the car, "I was happy for your company."

She unbuckled her belt and hopped out as well, looking up at the house not really expecting to see anything, but there he was, sat on the window seat in their room, staring out, he was watching them and she rolled her eyes, what the hell was he playing at? He was acting like a wounded puppy, what did he have to be upset about, he wasn't the one who had been hurt. She looked away from him pretending that she hadn't even noticed his presence.

Daniel rounded the car and smiled at her, "I don't think I told you earlier, but you are the most stunning girl I have ever seen."

She laughed awkwardly as she looked at the ground before meeting his eye and biting her bottom lip, "thanks for this, you really cheered me up," it wasn't a full lie, only part of it was, she would have had a good night if she hadn't had thoughts of the idiot sat watching them in the window, in her head the whole time.

"Good I'm glad," he smirked, reaching out and pulling her into a hug, it took her somewhat by surprise but she went with it, friends hugged right? She patted his back before moving back from his embrace, only for him to press his lips to hers, if she was surprised by the hug, the kiss nearly knocked her for six, she almost forgot how to breathe as she stared at him her eyes not closing until he pulled away. "Sorry, shit…"

"Urm, I think I'm going to go inside, thanks for the burger," she grabbed her jacket and hurried to the front door, glancing up and seeing that Robin was no longer in the window, she was about to go inside when there was a horrendous screeching of brakes coming from the road, followed by a loud squeal, her eyes widened and she turned to look at the road, Daniel was looking also.

Whatever that noise was she had a feeling that something or someone must be badly hurt, on instinct she began running back down the drive, heading towards the gate, she reached it just in time to see a car pull away, leaving something in the middle of the road, she heard Daniel running after her, but didn't wait for him to catch up. Looking both ways she hurried into the road and bent down, finding a little brown and white dog lying there whimpering softly. "Hey girl," she soothed as she touched it gently, noticing the blood that was coating the tarmac.

Regina knew it was probably dangerous to move it in case there had been any internal damage, but it would be at even more of a risk if she were just to leave it in the middle of the road, not to mention she might end up getting hit herself if a diver didn't see her in the dark. Carefully she managed to scoop the animal into her arms, holding it tightly against her as she moved out of the road and away from the threat of oncoming traffic, Daniel was stood on the sidewalk waiting for her, "is it a dog?" he asked.

"Yeah, she's not so old," Regina stated as she looked down at the small dog she was cradling in her arms, "I think she's a collie puppy."

"I'm gonna go and call the vet okay, take her to the house, can you do that?"

Regina nodded frantically, watching him begin to run as she slowly made her way back up the drive, soothing the puppy as she talked to it softly, "hey, you're okay, you're gonna be alright," she hushed, brushing a finger over her nose as she squeaked and whimpered. The dog was clearly in a lot of pain and Regina was disgusted, how could someone just hit a dog and then drive off as though they hadn't done anything? How could they leave an innocent animal to lay dying in the middle of the road? It was disgusting.

As she entered the farmhouse she spotted Daniel behind the front desk, putting the phone down, "the vet says he'll come over right away," he stated leading Regina into the sitting room and laying a towel on the floor for her to lay the dog on, she sat down beside her running her fingers through her soft coat, it was only when she looked down at her shirt that she realised that it was almost soaked through with blood, she had a terrible feeling about this.

"Daniel, she's lost a lot of blood, I think we need to find the wound and compress it, quickly." He nodded in agreement and they turned the puppy over gently, seeing the massive gash on her other side, Regina felt slightly queasy and had to look away for a moment, "we need some more towels," she instructed, watching as he sprang to his feet and hurried off in the direction of the store cupboard. "Hey then girl, how did you get yourself into this mess, hmm?" she whispered comfortingly as she stroked the soft patch of fur behind the dog's ear.

Daniel returned with the towels and she took them from him, pressing them against the wound on the dog's side. She just hoped that the vet showed up soon.

An hour later Regina trudged up the stairs, reluctant to go back to the room she shared with Robin, it was really late now, verging on half twelve, she was just hoping that he would already be asleep and she wouldn't have to argue with him anymore, she really didn't think she had it in her to fight anymore, but the thing was if she was provoked, she knew she would, she would probably end up flying off the handle yet again.

Taking a deep breath, she pushed the door open as quietly as she could, but as it turned out it didn't matter how quietly she did it, Robin was still awake, sat in the dark on his phone. "You're back then," he stated coldly.

"Yes," she nodded, walking into the room, closing the door behind her, why the hell did he have all the lights turned off?

"Did you have a good night?"

"Not really," she huffed.

"Is that so? I thought you'd have had a wonderful time with Daniel."

She rolled her eyes, "that wasn't what you think it was, he came on to me and I pushed him away."

"You sure looked like you were gonna push him away," he hissed, "especially at the point when he had his tongue down your throat, you weren't pushing him away then were you."

"Why is that any of your business," she scoffed, "and do you really think so little of me that I would just go around kissing guys like that, I pushed him away," she spat harshly with a shake of her head.

"Then where the hell have you been for the last hour? Because you certainly didn't come back here, I thought maybe we could talk rationally about what the hell happened to us."

"There is no us, not anymore," she whispered sadly, "if you think I'm capable of cheating on you just like that…"

"I didn't…"

"You did Robin, you might not have said it directly but that is exactly what you were implying, did you really think that for the past hour I had been in his room?"

Robin didn't reply, but that was all the answer she needed, how could he even think about that, he knew she wasn't that kind of girl, knew that she hadn't even kissed anyone before him. So how could he think that she would go back to Daniel's room with him just like that when she was still in love with Robin?

"Where have you been then?" He asked, standing from the bed and flicking the lamp on, his eyes meeting hers before looking at her body and widening, he hurried over to her, "oh my god! Regina, what… is that blood?!"

"Yes," she whispered, feeling a lump form in her throat.

"What the… did he do something to you? Did someone hurt you?" he asked and she could have sworn he was on the verge of tears as he looked at her, his hands brushing over her arms, "I swear if he hurt you, Gina… what happened? Are you okay?"

She simply began to tremble as she shook her head, everything from that day was piling up on her all at once and tears began to pour down her cheeks as she buried her head against his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her holding her tight as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head.

"Gina, what happened? Where are you hurt?" he pulled back, searching over her body for some kind of wound.

"I'm not, it's not my blood," she breathed moving away from him as she swiped at her eyes.

"Whose is it's then?" he asked.

"Someone hit a dog, on the road and she was bleeding and… I tried to save her. I need to get a shower," she sighed, moving past him and heading into the bathroom, turning on the water and waiting for it to heat up, she just wanted to sleep and not have to think about anything that had happened.

She peeled her shirt off, the puppy's blood had dried and had seeped through the shirt onto her skin, she darted into the shower and washed it away, the water running red as she did so, she gagged and pressed her hand to her mouth as she rested her head against the cold tiles, allowing a fresh batch of tears to fall before falling to the floor and curling up into a ball, she was emotionally drained.

"Regina?" Robin knocked on the door.

"Go away," she cried.

"Are you okay?"

"No," she whispered, too quiet for him to even hear her, "just go away, Robin."

"Regina…"

After about ten minutes she forced herself to get up and stumbled out of the shower, grabbing a towel and drying her body, finding the chemise she had taken off that morning hung on the radiator in the corner of the bathroom, she pulled it over her head before brushing her teeth and heading out into the bedroom, finding Robin sat on the bed. "Regina, we need to talk."

"Not now," she shook her head, climbing into bed and noticing a plate of food on the desk, "what's that?"

"I got you something earlier when you didn't turn up to dinner," he sighed, reaching for the blanket and moving over to the hard armchair in the corner of the room, she looked over at him as he got comfortable in the chair, a task she knew would be impossible.

With a sigh, she patted the other side of the bed, "don't sleep on there, you'll put your neck out."

"I thought you were pissed at me."

"Oh, I am, but you should probably get some sleep, you'll need your strength for our argument in the morning," she grumbled, burying her head in her cushion as she snatched the blanket from him and put it down the middle of the bed, separating them, "cross this line and I won't be responsible for what happens to you."

She heard him chuckle and tried not to smile, she was angry and she wouldn't let him think otherwise. It was then that she felt his foot brush over hers and she turned and shoved him with enough strength to push him clean off the mattress, he hit the ground with a loud thud, this time she couldn't stop the satisfied smirk that made its way onto her features, she knew he had been testing her and she wasn't one to make false promises, "I warned you."

"God, you're strong," he groaned rubbing his head as he climbed back into bed.

Regina sniffled quietly before turning to look at him, reaching to lay her hand on the blanket between them, "my father once told me something he learnt with mother was never to go to sleep on an argument."

"Sounds like a good way of thinking."

"Right, so let's talk," she sat up facing him, she couldn't sleep with this massive obstacle between them, she wanted to know everything.

To be continued... ;)